http://m.hopkinsmedicine.org/news/media/releases/nerve_cells_warn_brain_of_damage_to_the_inner_ear
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/m/pubmed/26553995/
They say that:
"Exposure to the KCNQ channel activator retigabine suppressed the type II fiber's response to hair cell damage. Type II afferents...
